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Hungarian filmmaker Orsi Nagypál’s second feature film delivers a new sci-fi thriller with The Deal. Roku has since acquired AVOD and FAST rights to the film in the U.K., the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
In a dystopian world, overpopulation and global warming have put an impossible strain on world resources. To combat the global crisis, the totalitarian governing body known as The Bureau establishes The Deal. Accept The Deal by your 20th birthday, and you’ll receive a job, housing, and medical care that will keep you safe and healthy for twenty more years, after which point you’re required to voluntarily take your own life.
Once you take The Deal, there’s no turning back. The Bureau makes sure of this.
The Deal stars Sumalee Montano (“Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol,” “Ghost of Tsushima”), Emma Fischer (“Counterpart”), Alastair Mackenzie (“The Crown”), Taz Skylar (“The Kill Team”), Lisa Brenner (“The Patriot,” “Say My Name”) and Pearl Mackie (“Doctor Who”). Montano also produced the pic with Grace Lay via LinLay Productions alongside Electric’s Dean Devlin and Lisa Brenner.
Dean Devlin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, states, “This film is a beautiful story, inspired by Sumalee’s real-life relationship with her mother. It is about the sacrifices her mother makes to ensure her daughter has a better life. I am so very glad it has found an exclusive home on The Roku Channel, giving it the premiere it deserves. I have no
doubt that Roku’s audiences will wholeheartedly embrace the film.”
LinLay Productions states, “Teaming up with Electric Entertainment has been an amazing partnership from the start, from building out the world of the film to the multicultural cast and crew we brought together. And we’re thrilled to be partnering with Roku now, given their breadth of quality content and impressive user base.”
The deal was negotiated by Steve Saltman, Head of Domestic Sales at Electric Entertainment.
